Arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990 reached 7.00 USD mil in 2012 in Paraguay, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
This is
12.5 %
less than
in the previous year.

Historically, arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990 in Paraguay reached an all time high of 34.0 USD mil in 1985 and an all time low of 1.00 USD mil in 1965.
When compared to Paraguay's main peers, arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990
in Argentina amounted to 36.0 USD mil, 12.0 USD mil in Bolivia, 331 USD mil in Brazil and 58.0 USD mil in Chile in 2012.

Paraguay has been ranked 96th within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990.

Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licences.

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Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licences. The data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armoured vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Transfers of other military equipment, such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, light artillery, ammunition and support equipment, technology transfers, and other services are excluded. India, Australia and South Korea were the largest importers of arms in 2010, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, as they bought arms worth USD 3.3, 1.7 and 1.1 billion each (at 1990 constant prices).